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Rosny, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. The Survey maps it on the Bateman Spring quadrangle.

Rosny within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Rosny between 1992 and 2019, burning about 976 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBattle Mountain District Office236
30 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeOLD 8A
22 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeAIRPORTROA
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeLA 11
18 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreElko District OfficeMM244
18 August 1995Power generation/transmission/distribution165 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeAIRPORT
10 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeARGENTA
10 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreElko District OfficeMM 486

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rosny: 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
J H Voorhees Oil WellsUraniumUnknown
Yorhees Oil WellsUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Barite OccurrenceBarium-BariteOccurrence
DolezalBarium-BaritePast Producer
Dresser MillBarium-BariteProducer
Greystone Mine and Grinding PlantBarium-BaritePlant
Unknown Prospect #2Barium-BariteOccurrenceStratabound

Every working recorded in Lander County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Jenkins5.1 miles11
Battle Mountain5.5 miles12
Rennox6.3 miles12
North Battle Mountain7.7 miles12
Argenta8.2 miles10
Kampos9.2 miles10
Piute10.5 miles24
Mosel10.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856124. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.